Celebrating 20 Years!
“Volunteers don’t get paid for what they do, not because they are worthless but because they are priceless.”
In 1995 a small group of locals banded together to form the South Cottesloe Coastcare Association to to achieve a more robust and diverse ecosystem for the Cottesloe foreshore. In 2001 it became Cottesloe Coastcare and extended its range along the 4 kilometres of the Cottesloe coast. In the twenty years since Cottesloe Coastcare has:
Attracted over $300,000 in grant funding to protect and revegetate the dunes by building ramp and fences, eradicating weeds and rabbits and paying for plants.
New ramp
Seedlings sprouting
Erosion control
Planted over 30,000 plants in the natural areas of Cottesloe.
Melaleuca huegelii
Templetonia retusa
Hardenbergia
Dug, weeded and watered in all weathers and conditions.
Just a passing shower
Bucket line up
A full blown gale
Engaged with the local community at fairs and festivals to help them understand the importance of looking after our natural areas.
Cove rubbish report
Cottesloe Hullaballo
Frauke advising on plants
Worked with students from schools and universities to give them hands on experience with looking after the coast.
Cottesloe Primary School
UWA helpers
Our favourite cushion bush
Attracted local sponsors and partnered with corporate groups who have helped us with their labour and funds.
Corporate muscle
Thanks Eric Street IGA
Woodside at Dutch Inn
Protected our precious local wildlife.
Weedy sea dragon
Weedy sea dragon campaigners
Local native bees
Collected mountains of rubbish.
Rubbish collecting
Rubbish collecting
Rubbish effects – photo by Mark Binns
Had hours of fun with a group of like-minded locals who love the Cottesloe coast.
Christmas celebrations
The gang
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